, the Dogge & my selfe & my
Lady turnd up; viz., my Lady sequence of three, a paire of Knaves and my
Lady, turn'd up to play upon:--we can have no less than five beds.
_Hostis_. Truely you must lye close together (the Servants I meane), for
I am so thrust with Guest I [c]an hardly spare so many.
_Bos_. Faith, weele lie together as close as we can; there's my Lady and
her dogge lye al together and I at the bed's feete, and theres all our
family of Love.[240]
_Hostis_. How farre is your mistris behinde?
_Bos_. The truth is the fatall sisters have cut the thred of her
Cork-shoe, & shee's stept aside in to a Coblers shop to take a true
stitch, whether I mean to send myself as a Court of Guard to conduct
her, but see, oh inconstant fortune! see where she comes, _solus_.
_Enter[241] Getica_.
_Gent_. _Bos_, you serve me well, to let me wait upon my selfe.
_Bos_. Of two evils, the least is to be chosen, I had a care of your
puppie being less then your selfe.
_Scil_. Gentlewoman, you have an excellent Ch: [sic] I have an appetite
as a man would say.
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